BBC The Big Read Top 200

As many of you will know, in 2003, the BBC conducted a survey to find Britain’s best loved novels, including children’s books. The list, which can be found here, is done by rating. I am not a fan of lists by rating, especially of novels, so I spent an evening ordering alphabetically by the author’s surname (thank goodness for the Excel auto alphabetical tool or it would have taken me hours!) Please note that I did this late at night, so there may be the odd spelling error.

It is my intention to read all 200 of the BBC’s Big Read top books. I’m not going to set a date to do it by, and I won’t be reading these novels exclusively, but I’m very much looking forward to the challenge. I have already read a number of the books, most of the children’s books and several others, but I am going to read them all again for the purpose of this challenge.

At this point I’d like to thank the BBC for not including plays or poetry in the list, as there is noway I could face Shakespeare or any amount of poetry, since I’ve never enjoyed either. I’d also like to invite any of my readers to join me in the challenge. I’ll be updating every couple of months with any books I’ve read. There’s not much else to say except, I’d better get reading.